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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
PRESS OPINIONS.

The Democrats of Ohio have
acted with courage and wisdom. The
platform is Democratic to the core.
and free from injurious compromises
and misleading antiquities. y.
Star.
Mr.. Blaine will return reinvigor-
ated and ready for war. His nomina-
ton seems to be one of the certainties
of politics. And though we shall have
to retire him again to honorable private
life. it will console him to reflect that,
as private individual. he is generally
regarded as an honor to his country
NJ Y Graphic.
1t is one of the anomalies of pol
itics that the party which claims to
have saved the Union twenty-five
years ago now seeks to cement that
Union by yelling such epithets as ''un-
hung rebels" at one-thlrd of the peo-
pie in the Union, and Selling upon
every such pretext as the rebel-fags
incident to array the sections against
each other.-N. J. Post.
Allen G. Thurman indicates that
he is going to take the stump for the
Democratic ticket in Ohio. If he is,
the Democratic committee should chal-
lenge John Sherman to a joint debate.
A few rounds between the Old Roman
and Robespiere Sherman would con-
vince the country that John Sherman
is only big man when there are no
big men in his vicinity.-& Louis Re
publican.
Not since the gaunt Knight of
la Mancha issued forth on Rozinante
to battle bodily against sheep and cat
tie, to war with windmills and to
make mock-heroics a source of laugh
ter for all ages, has the world wit
messed a more ludicrous sight than the
Governor of Ohio defending the capt
ured flags possessed by his State
against the onslaught of imaginary
foes. Foraker is an anachronism, and
will be known hereafter as the Don
Quixote of American politics.-M T.
World.
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and gave him moments sight of TIT
reeking bear in front of him. he lowered
his head for the fourth time, and agar
made one Of his terrific charges
When the dying bear had dragged
himself away from the bull, thu
eagles actually swooped down upor
aim. and the wolves sprang from the
thicket into the opening and prepared
to pounce upon him. The bull scat
tered the impatient birds and animals
as he swept On his final charge against
the grizzly, and they hastily departed,
shrieking and snarling. The cattle
again added their believing to that OF
the bulls, and acted as if they under
stood the favorable turn the fight had
taken. AS the bun hurled himself
against the grizzly, the latter braced
himself for a last desperate struggle.
He struck out wildly with his paws, and
the bull fell back with the force of the
grizzly's blows. presenting a CHASTITY
spectacle. His tongue hung from his
mouth, a mangled mass of shreds. His
face was ripped bare of flesh to the
bone, and his eyes were torn from their
sockets. The charge was equally dis
astrous to the bear, he being ripped
completely open, and he sank to the
ground writhing in his agony. The
indomitable courage of the bull here
prevailed. Blinded and crippled as he
was. he made but slight pause after
his fourth assault, and then dashed
wildly at his foe again. The grizzly's
roar now seemed to be one of terror.
With a last frantic effort he sought to
make his escape, scrambling and stag
gering through the dust. But it was
useless. His great strength was gone.
The bull plunged his horns again and
again into the huge form o. the dying
brute as he lay stretched helpless in
the dust. The bears muscles quivered
and contracted. He drew his immense
paws up once or twice in convulsive
clutches, raised his huge head, gave one
agonizing groan and fell back dead.
The victorious bull raised his bloody,
horribly disfgured crest, gave voice to
a deep below, and, shaking his head
triumphantly, turned and walked away.
His progress was slow and painful, and
he stopped and turned at short inter-
walls and listened. as if to know whether
his foe would renew the battle. He
walked nearly a hundred yards, with
his herd gathering and believing about
him. Presently mis- head dropped from
its proud position. He spread his legs
apart as if to brace himself against the
weakness that was stealing upon him.
Suddenly he fell as if he had been shot,
- mangled, bleeding mass, and was
soon dead.
The bull had no sooner left the dead
bear than the eagles and wolves were
screeching, snarling and fighting on the
carcass. The bull had not beef dead
five minutes when a flock of vultures
dropped down in their mysterious way
upon his body. When 1 climbed out of
the tree to leave the scene of that ter
rife combat the herd of cattle had dis
appeared on the plain, and two great
skeletons were al! that marked the field
of conflict. IN Y Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
FOUR OF A KIND:
Eairchild's Three Palsies Encounter
Shermxn's Bloody Shirt

FaIrchiId's Three Palsies Encounter
shermxn's Bloody Shirt
An aged and very inferior scare.
crow was dragging itself along lone
ly road, hoping to meet some benevo-
lent stranger from whom it could beg
some tritiing assistance. Soon its eyes
were gladdened by seeing three people
in the distance. Surely, one of them
will help me!' it said to itself. The
strangers had approached within
speaking distance, and the scarecrow
was just about to address them, when
in chorus they remarked:
Kind friend, give three poor
wretches a few cents to keep them
from dying from exhaustion"
The scarecrow then saw that the
strangers were even more ragged and
weak and miserable than its elf.
Il am sorry" it said: THAT I can
not help you; but was just about to
apply to you for assistance"
'Is that possible" observed one who
appeared to be the least exhausted:
fray, VINO are you!
IL" responded the scarecrow, "am
The Bloody Shirt!''
"Great Shermanr' exclaimed the
spokesman of the three; Il thought
you were doing wellr'
"Alasr' replied the B. s.. II am old
and WORKOUT, and generally consid-
cred nuisance If it weren't for an
occasional hoist get from some old
fossil who knew me when Twas young.
1 should have passed away long ago.
But who, may 1 ask, are you?"
1--WE are Fairchild Three Palsies!'
81 can scarcely believe it" said the
B. S. 81 quite envied you when first
heard of you, for l thought you had a
long, popular and prosperous career
before YOU"
$50 did we," cried The Three
Palsies; ''but we got fearfully left
You see, we were prematurely borh,
and we are so weak that we can not
strike any thing. If ever we should
attempt to strike, the object of our at
tack would knock us out without
trouble"
81 am very sorry for you" said the
B. s.; "your case is, indeed. worse
than mine l have had past. such as
it was; but you haven't a past or
present, and will never have future.
You'd better go and die, and try to get
forgotten. "-JuliGn Magnus, in Puck.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
THE BETTER WAY.

Who serves his country besti
Not he who for brief and stormy space
Leads forth her armies TO the fierce ARRAY.
Short is the time Of turmoil and unrest.
Long years OF peace succeed 1t and replace;
There is a better way.
Who serves his country best!
Not he who guides her senates IN debate,
And makes the laws which are her prop and
stay;
Not he who wears the poets purple vest,
And sings her songs Of love and grief and fate
There is better way.
He serves his country best
Who joins the tide that lifts her nobly on;
For speech has myriad tongues for every day,
And song but one; and law within the breast
Is stronger than the craven Law on stone;
There is a better way.
He serves ms country best
Who lives pure life and doeth righteous deed,
And walks straight paths, however Others stray,
And leaves mis- sons as Uttermost bequest
"A stainless record which all men may read;
This is the better wGy.
No drop but serves the slowly lifting tide,
No dew but has an errand to some flower.
No smallest star but sheds some helpful ray,
And man by man, eash giving to all the rest,
Make the firm bulwark Of the country's power;
There is no better way.
susan Coolidge IN C0n1regIti01dttst.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
A Pet Dogs Obedience.

A gentleman residing at the West
End owns dog whose wonderful intel
ligence is the pride and boast of his
master. you give that dog any thing he
can carry" said the gentleman the other
day to friend who was strolling with
him and the dog through West Roxbury
Park, and tell him to take it home d.
rectly, and he will Immediately ooey."
Just then a gust of wind lifted the
speakers hat and sent it spinning
across the grass. Take that home.
Cesar" shouted the friend in spirit
of mischief. Sure enough, the dog
seized the white felt and started. Con-
trary orders, mingled with profanity,
were of no avail, and the unhappy
owner of that well-trained dog followed
in a herdlc, with handkerchief over
his bald head.-Boston Budget.
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EAn communications for tnis paper
Ruthor; not Necessarily for publication. but
as an evidence of good faith on the part OF
che writer. Write only on one side of tbs
paper. Be particularly careful in giving
names and dates to have the letters and hg
areS plain and distinct
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

"A young scientist just graduated
from Yale has estimated that every hen
in the country scratches over two acres
of ground every year. and that the leg
power in gross would run a thrashing
machine Tor two weeks.
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Where, oh where is the big.
mouthed futile? the warlike futile,
the thieving and cashiered Tuttle. oh:
Tut" where are you?-Bgfalo Tines.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
Mexican
Mustang
Linimeni
THIS GOOD OLD STANDBY

ACCOMMODATES 3Ody e1acLIy H1es
rort One OF the reasons for the great popularity Ok
the Mustang Lininent is found in Its universal
appIicnb Everybody needs such medicins.
The Lunbermnn needs IL In case Of accident
The Housewife needs Il for generalfarniIy rss.
The CannIer needs &c for his teams and his mea-
The Mechanic zeeds &c always On his vo<k
bench
The Miner needs It n case Of emergency.
The Pioneer needsit-can't get along withous n
Tho Farmer needs it in his house, his stshAs.
and his stock yard
The Steamboat man OF the Boatmsu neeS
It In liberal supply atoatand ashore
The Herse-fancier needs tilt 10 BID oese
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock-grower needs fit WIN save BIN
thousands Of dollars and . world Of trouble.
The Railroad man needs &c and VIII need II 20
long his life il round Of accidents and dangeFA
The Backwoodsmnn needsi It There Is no<n-
ing Ike it ss IN antdote for the dangers 70 No.
limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs &c about his store smon9
his employeesL Accidents VIII happen, and when
these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted ssonee.
Keep o Bottle in the House. rs the Desf &
economy.
Keep Bottle I'm tho Factory. itsfmnnediaes
use in case Of accident pain and loss Of vageA
Keep n Bottle Aiways In the ssasis 80
sse wkea wanted.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

I'm New York they have got soda
water down to two cents per glass, and
the glasses are large at that
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BULL VERSUS GRIZZLY.
A Terrific Battle for Whose End
the Vultures Waited.

Deadly Work OF the Bulls Horns and the
Bears Claws and Teetn-Interested
Spectators on Earth and in Air.
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-He-s|There, Mary, don't make

-He-'FThere, Mary, don't make a
fool of yourself. The dog is dead. and
that's the end of him." She Through
her tesrs)-"You great hateful, unfeel.
ing creature. you know that 1 never can
be happy again. Poor Skippy! he xas
the only living thing on earth that
ever cared for, and you know it." He
Yes. dear; but unfortunately / did
not find it out until it was too late."-
Boston Transcript.
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Sized Him Up CorrectIy.

Woman Ito drug clerk)-Got emmy
postage stamps. young man?
Clerk (smartly)-Yes, madam; two
cents apiece, or two for four.
Woman (ato smartly) Gimme two.
an one Of 'em is fer you.
Clerk-For me-what forP
Woman-To paste on the top o. your
head to keep your brains from oozin'
out--Drake' TrGrelers' Magazine
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steal from his covert and make closer
and more courageous reconnaissance,
swapping and snarling in apparent dis
appointment.
THE bull and the bear rolled over
and over in the terrible death struggle.
Nothing was now to be seen but a
heaving, CORY mass, dimly perceptible
through the dust. As to weight, the
two fierce and determined brutes must
have been about equally matched. The
bear had the advantage of greater
agility and the expert and telling use
of two terrible weapons, his teeth and
claws. while the bull represented more
infiexible courage and greater powers
of endurance. The unfortunate result
of the bulls last charge on the grizzly
indicated that the latte-'s qualities
would in n few minutes more settle the
fight against the bull, and / was in
momentary expectation of seeing such
q termination, when, TO my astonish-
ment, l saw the bear relax his efforts.
roll over from the body of his PROSTATE
foe, and drag himself feebly away from
the SPOT His appearance was sicken-
ing to me. so frightfully had he been
ripped and torn by the bulls horns.
The grizzly had no sooner abandoned
his attack on the bull than the latter
was on his feet, bearing himself as
erect and fierce as ever. If the bears
appearance was sickening. the bull s
was doubly so. He was covered with
blood from his forehead to his rump,
and his flesh and skin actually hung in
strips and tatters from his head and
sides. Giving his head a shake that
| scattered blood in shower about him,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-02
TO HEALTH.

ats most essential friend. drink 10 thee
tfrv Advancement IN this o'crirail world.
-, laws thou dos, not veil in mystery.
p. r.o on-s ives Thy banner thou unfuricd
r,,sf cling from every hilltop. Thou dost plead
a. us 90 thrust aside the vanities
raj DO - warp body and mind We heed
ne nrt, and be- Who should q Hercules
gsre b,cn 10 stature grand. and grand 10 all
i,,,aycnce. shrnnkcn and dwarfed remains
geagen sr,Sd the time when the en-hrouding pol
~ uorlllincss shall he thrown OF; when veins
AR nildy health shall run. and every man
gsafci Gods image, perfect % his plan.
Sarah Louise Morris IN Inter Ocean.
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s,l,a,ionists I'm Jerusalem

Gen. Booth, Of the Salvation army, has
decided 10 send squads of his soldiers 10
Zululand and South America Some Of
his forces have already reached Jerusalem,
end the streets Of the holy city resound
with their "ameps" and the 1!nsls Of
their tsmbopyineA
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HUMAN HAIR GOODS.

All kinds of Ladies' Hair Work On hand An
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-23

PRED when her gifted son was seven
years old, but the cradle in
which she rocked him was
defied, while the Lessons
which she taught him, set him apart
as the champion of evil instead OF
good. The orthodox world is against
Voltaire; | am not. | am against his
mother, for | believe that If with his
genius, his resolution and his inner
ent goodness of heart, he had been
born in America instead OF in France
and that if his mother had been a
Christian instead of wording, he
would have been Lincoln or Wash
ingtop, and that his memory would
have been above reproach. Perhaps,
if Madame Arouet had realized that
the sickly little boy, whom she had
ushered into existence had In his
feeble hands the key which would
afterwards unlock the bloody gates OF
communism and anarchy, she would
not have entirely consigned him to
the care of servants and to the nur-
sery; but neither Madame Arouet Or
Susannah Wesley know any more OF
the future of their sons than the moth
ers of to-day know of the future OF
theirs. Who are to be mothers
who shall live, it is impossi-
BILE to tell, and SO it be-
hooves every woman, whether
she be rich or poor, great or lowly, to
lead the little feet which have come
pattering into her life in such a way
that, come what will, neither she nor
those who come after her will have
ANYTHING to regret.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-23
Nuothers who Live.

A well.executed wood cut of John
Wesley's mother recently attracted
NV attention in an old magazine. Be
meath her portrait was written, "Sus,
annah Wesley, aged seventy years"
but upon the strongly marked face
there was not trace OF time or decay.
1t is safe to say that this woman
was the mother of methodism !; for
what John Wesley was, with the help
of God, she made him. His intellect
was clear and methodical, and set its
impress upon the lives of her child
rem. whom from their earliest child
hood she trained to self-denial and
spartan abstinence. She taught
them to be cheerful, fearless and vir-
tuous, and to hold to their convictions
of right, as we'll as to their resolves,
no matter who scoffed or opposed.
She spent the last years of her use
fnl life in aiding the society of Meth
od;sts and when she was about to
die surrounded by her five daugh.
tors and her two sons, she said
"Cb;ldren. when am set free, sing a
rsoin Of praise" The children OF
Susannah Wesley are now to be found
in every cline, while as long as the
world shall last, millions will rise
nm To call her blessed. Yet it is moi
i;teIv that when at the Epworth par
sonage she was disciplining her boys
and Urls. as all boys and girls should
be disciplined, she had the slightes,
;dea that she was carving for hersel
an immortal destiny. Another mothe
vho lives is Madame Arouet, the ma
tsrnal parent Of Voltaire. She OK
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-23
what She objected TO.

A little curate lately proposed for
the hand of pretty daughter OF a
widow famous in society for the bril-
liancy of her wit. The match would
have been in every way unsuitable,
and the mother firmly though politely
refused her sanction, whereupon the
small and hasty cleric flew into a rage
and wrote back somewhat violent
and altogether unbecoming letter ::
Probably had my coat been red in
stead of black, you would think well
of me-" To which the widow replied
by next post ''Sir, your note would
not demand an answer but that you
seem to labor under misapprehen-
sion. Your profession has nothing to
do with my refusal. 1t is not the
coat, but the thing inside it to which
I reasonably and properly object. ~
"A Story from London.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-23
Estheticism I'm Toe Nails.

He set me on chair and removed
my boot with loving care, says a
writer in the New York Ne,cs, de-
clibing a visit to a manicure. He
skinned my sock off and laved IN pet
corn in nitric acid with camel's hair
brush, and then he shaved it tenderly
down until from pertinacious fact it
became mere haunting memory.
He wanted to trim my toe-nails to a
point and polish them, and looked de-
ci iledly astonished when l declined
this luxuriant indulgence of my eflete
person. "AhW sighed the dapper
gentleman, "you have beautiful
toe nails, if you would only
take care of them, sir. pve
got customers, sir, that would give all
their money for such toe-nails, sir.
You don't know what blessing good
toe-nails are, sir, till they all get bad,
sir; and when | left him at the door
he was trying to sell me a bundle OF
toe nail tickets with one hand and a
bottle of toe-nailine with the other,
while every man and woman in the
shop looked on me with undisguised
awe as upon a superhuman being, thus
able to resist the blandishment OF SO
great and wise and artful person.
Indeed, l have wondered at my own
callousness since. Naturally irrepres-
sionable as am, cannot quite ex-
plain to myself yet how was able to
scorn the advances of II poet who could
make an idyl out Of toe-nails and en-
shrine corns in halo romance.